Direction: Ray Danton

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ray Danton. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Quincy, M.E. (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Glen A. Larson · Lou Shaw · Georg Fenady · Ray Danton

Cast Jack Klugman · John S. Ragin · Robert Ito · Garry Walberg

Synopsis TV Series (1976-1983). The cases of a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder.

6.1

25 votes

6.1

25 votes

Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Barbara Avedon · Barbara Corday · Reza Badiyi · Sharron Miller

Cast Tyne Daly · Sharon Gless · Al Waxman · Meg Foster

Synopsis Television police drama starring two female cops as partners. Their contrasting personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) strengthen them as a team, allowing each a different perspective on both personal and professional situations.

5.4

203 votes

5.4

203 votes

Crypt of the Living Dead

1973 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Julio Salvador · Ray Danton

Cast Andrew Prine · Patty Shepard · Mark Damon · Frank Braña

Synopsis Two archaeologists on a scientific dig come across a vampire burial ground and discover that the creatures are about to awaken and attack a nearby village.

4.4

56 votes

4.4

56 votes

Switch (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 90 min. · United States

Direction John Peyser · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Bruce Kessler · Leo Penn

Cast Robert Wagner · Eddie Albert · Charlie Callas · Sharon Gless

Synopsis Ex-cop Frank McBride (Eddie Albert) and ex-con Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner) start their own detective agency.

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Vietnam War Story (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Georg Stanford Brown · Ray Danton · Kevin Hooks · Lesli Linka Glatter

Cast Cameron Arnett · Tony Becker · Joshua Cadman · Cynthia Bain

Synopsis K.C. arrives at a Marine firebase in Vietnam, a presumed "cherry," or new guy. He turns out to be a veteran fighter returning to the field after serious wounds. K.C. alienates everyone in his platoon as he refuses either friendship...

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Direction Ray Danton

Cast Stacy Keach · Emily Rose Chance · Don Stroud · Lindsay Bloom

Synopsis A young girl is kidnapped and there is an attempt on the daughter of an well-known actress. The kidnapper then turns up dead. Hammer is hired to protect the girl and travels to Los Angeles, where she is then kidnapped.

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Deathmaster

1972 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Ray Danton

Cast Robert Quarry · Bill Ewing · Brenda Dickson · John Fiedler

Synopsis Quarry is a mysterious stranger with cult like following of hippies. Rather than showing them peace and love, he has more sinister plans for them as he is a vampire.

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American Dream (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ronald M. Cohen · Barbara Corday · Ken Hecht · Mel Damski

Cast George Barrow · Helen Rubio · Stephen Macht · Karen Carlson

Synopsis The Novak family has decided to buck the trend in urban flight and move back to the city from the suburbs. The only place that meets their space and price requirements, however, is a building in downtown Chicago that would...

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Psychic Killer

1975 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Ray Danton

Cast Paul Burke · Julie Adams · Jim Hutton · Nehemiah Persoff

Synopsis Mental patient Arnold Masters, hospitalized for a murder he didn't commit, learns astral projection--the art of leaving one's physical body and transporting the soul someplace else--from a fellow inmate. Upon his release, Arnold uses his new powers to bump off...

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Beverly Hills Buntz (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Jeffrey Lewis · David Milch · John Patterson · Eric Laneuville

Cast Dennis Franz · Peter Jurasik · Dana Wheeler-Nicholson · Guy Boyd

Synopsis Norman Buntz, a gruff and somewhat ethically questionable detective, leaves the inner city and heads to the sunny climes of Southern California where he opens up a detective agency.

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Direction Joseph Pevney · Steven Hilliard Stern · Christian I. Nyby II · Jack Arnold

Cast Shaun Cassidy · Parker Stevenson · Ed Gilbert · Pamela Sue Martin

Synopsis The cases of a pair of teen detective brothers and a teen girl amateur sleuth.

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Direction Edd Griles · Michael Lindsay-Hogg · Ray Danton · David Grossman

Cast David McCharen · Stewart Duvall · Shelley Duvall · Michael McKean

Synopsis TV Series (1985–1988). An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.

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